BEIJING China's producer prices rose at the fastest pace in more than five years in November as prices of coal, steel and other building materials soared, boosting industrial profits and giving firms more cash flow to pay off mountains of debt.

BEIJING China's difficulties in bringing home graft suspects who fled abroad have prompted tighter measures against illegal moves of capital and people beyond its borders, the government said on Friday.

BEIJING, Dec 9 China's difficulties in bringing
home graft suspects who fled abroad have prompted tighter
measures against illegal moves of capital and people beyond its
borders, the government said on Friday.

BEIJING China's commodity exchanges have hiked fees, margin requirements and cut position limits to crack down on speculative trading that Beijing suspects is behind a recent surge in everything from coal to rubber futures.